Networking Tips

Networking simply refers to the process of interconnecting two or more devices, which devices are usually computers, with the intention of sharing resources and information. The connection can be either wired which includes but is not limited to; optical fire and copper cabling. Wireless connectivity can be carried out using mainly electromagnetic waves in the radiowave frequency. This can be in the form of bluetooth, infrared or more commonly IEEE 802.11a, b, g and n 2.5 and 5GHz frequencies. OK enough with the intro..

The first tip that I can give is that default settings should be changed. What do I mean by that?
I mean that the networking equipment usually comes along with default settings such as, in Cisco routing equipment, the default user name is admin with no password. This should be changed and a password should be provided as well. This password should be changed as regularly as possible because, a static password can very easily be cracked or even guessed.

The default IP address of your networking equipment for example of your wireless access point should also be changed. If for instance, you get your Internet connectivity from a wireless router which usually has the default gateway of 192.168.1.1, then it is advisable that this be changed to another private address value because this is usually the first addresss that an illegal computer user will attempt to connect to, and if successful, then, can use your Internet connectivity for free and could also access the router settings and perhaps even prevent you, the owners, from accessing the Internet.

I will give more tips later. Cheers